Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (born 1712)

Charles-Michel de l'Épée

French priest and educator of the deaf (1712–1789)

Charles-Michel de l'Épée was an 18th-century French philanthropic educator who has become known as the "Father of the Deaf". He founded Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris, the first public school for the deaf, in 1760.